Keemala

Keemala is a jungle resort of treehouses, cottages and tented pool villas set into the hills above Kamala, on the west coast of Phuket, Thailand. Keemala's best-known rooms are its seven tree pool houses, two-storey villas built into the rainforest canopy above Kamala on Phuket's west coast, each with a private pool on the lower level and a bedroom suspended above it. Three other villa types, inspired by the resort's fictional Phuket clans, range from ground-level clay pool cottages to 'bird's nest' pool villas woven from bamboo. All 38 villas have a private pool, an outdoor shower and a stone bathtub, connected across the hillside by a network of jungle walkways.

A resident chef runs cooking classes using herbs and vegetables from Keemala's own garden, and the spa offers treatments in a jungle clearing or by the meditation cave. Guests can walk Phuket's heritage trail through the old town, or join alms-giving with monks at the local temple. Kamala Beach is a short, complimentary shuttle away.